Opinion
No. 13–1065.
2014-04-16
STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. Robert MARIC, Defendant–Appellant.
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, Andrea J. Dryer (plea) and Bradley J. Harris (sentencing), Judges. A defendant contends the criminal mischief charge to which he pled guilty lacked a factual basis and his attorney was ineffective in allowing him to enter a plea to that charge. JUDGMENT FOR FELON IN POSSESSION AFFIRMED, JUDGMENT FOR CRIMINAL MISCHIEF VACATED, SENTENCE VACATED, AND REMANDED. Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Melinda J. Nye, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Heather R. Quick, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas J. Ferguson, County Attorney, and James Katcher, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.